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Title: Ground breaking ceremonies for the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church, Los Angeles, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued: April 20, 1924
1924-04-20
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church was designed by the architectural firm Allison and Allison Architects. It is located at 4350 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, and is the home of the Wilshire United Methodist Church (10/2012).
People gathered in a circle for the ground breaking ceremonies on the grassy site of the future Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church. Two flags and a bouquet of flowers are visible on the right. A sign on the lawn of a house in the distance reads: "For Sale, Kells & Grant, Wilshire ... Western, Dunkirk 3000."
Handwritten on negative: Dedication of church lot.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles Churches, Wilshire Blvd. Church
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5874
ark:/21198/zz002cw05w
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Churches--California--Los Angeles
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Religion
Congregational churches--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire United Methodist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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